Blizzard at TwitchCon 2017 - VillainCon, Art Wall, and More

TwitchCon took place the weekend of October 21st in Long Beach, CA. Here's a look at some of the Warcraft-themed happenings at the con!\r\r\r\r\r\r\rVillainCon 2017\rBlizzard invited only the most nefarious guests to VillainCon 2017. Guests were sent elaborate invitations on parchment scrolls, sealed with wax.\r\rEach guest pledged their allegiance to a Blizzard Villain (Lich King, Deathwing, Talon, Leoric) and received a costume mask. Blizzard teased the masks on social media:\r\r\r\r\rOnce at the party, each guest received a sheet with four pins representing their villain, and instructions on how to acquire four more special pins! Guests needed to find players with different masks to trade for the other Villain pins, and complete activities like a lazer maze, Frozen Throne photo op, and customized t-shirt for the other pins.\r\r\r\r\rAs expected, Blizzard provided an immersive atmosphere with Sombra as the DJ, the Lich King posing for selfies, and a 360-degree photobooth with props like Ashbringer.\r\r\r<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me, pirate Pepe and <a href="https:\/\/twitter.com\/HamletEJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Hamletej<\/a> at <a href="https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VillainCon2017?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#VillainCon2017<\/a> <a href="https:\/\/t.co\/1nG6Og965O">pic.twitter.com\/1nG6Og965O<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Data Hunter Perculia (@perculia) <a href="https:\/\/twitter.com\/perculia\/status\/921615671753977856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\rAttendees received epic swag loot--a black VillainCon mug and set of playing cards featuring Sargeras as the Ace.\r\r\r\r\r\rWarcraft Art Wall\rBlizzard set up an art gallery at TwitchCon, including an artist wall decorated by community artists:\r<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Community Artists are bringing the Horde and Alliance to life through live painting at <a href="https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TwitchCon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TwitchCon<\/a>! <a href="https:\/\/t.co\/MyA8NEM3nX">pic.twitter.com\/MyA8NEM3nX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; World of Warcraft (@Warcraft) <a href="https:\/\/twitter.com\/Warcraft\/status\/921873050718498816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\r\r\r\r<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="7" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"><\/div><\/div> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bak35IVAR8i\/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">So this happened. I painted this piece collaborating with @sampetersonart @rintheyordle and @derptyme for @blizzard live @twitchcon . So much fun!<\/a><\/p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Lee Kohse (@leekohse) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2017-10-23T03:53:33+00:00">Oct 22, 2017 at 8:53pm PDT<\/time><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async defer src="\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js"><\/script>\r\r\r\r\rTwitch Swag\rAs Wowhead is a Twitch Partner, we received a special personalized Coke bottle and Twitch jersey.\r\r\r\r\r\rTwitchCon Cosplay Contest\rLittleSparkzLFG was the winner of the TwitchCon Cosplay Contest Armor category. She cosplayed as a gender-bending Mystic Kingdoms Arthas. You can also find her on the CosplayCraft 101 panel at BlizzCon 2017.\r\r\r\rHere are some pics of the cosplay taken from LittleSparkzLFG's twitter:\r\r\r\r\r\rThis year marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of Blizzard Entertainment; and what better way to celebrate this epic milestone, than by casting one of the company\u2019s most iconic characters in a 14 foot, 4,000 pound, truly one-of-a-kind statue. The statue is located on the Calligraphy Greenway in Taichung Taiwan, so if you find yourself in the neighborhood, be sure to check it out!\r\rTo coincide with the introduction of Arthas to the real world, we are also bringing an epic new Mystic Kingdoms Arthas skin and Crimson Hare mount combo to the Nexus based on the iconic East Asian hero, Guan Yu! The new Mystic Kingdoms Arthas skin embodies Guan Yu\u2019s honor, loyalty, and strength and has been made a reality thanks to a collaboration between the artists at Blizzard Entertainment and our partner in China, NetEase Games. Check out the video below to get a preview of these two new items hitting the Americas shop on July 26.\r\rYou can see the blue\/green variant at 1:45 in the video below:\r

Kommentare

Kommentar von jjanchan

Thanks for the update! Hope all you who attended at Wowhead had a great time!

Kommentar von Tombsv

on 2017-10-23T11:09:09-05:00

I wish I owned such a cool Sombra outfit as that DJ!

Kommentar von Fairelmaine

on 2017-10-23T14:08:35-05:00

Wouldve loved to do this but Blizzard only cares about the fans that have a lot of views.

Kommentar von Ulsull

on 2017-10-23T14:46:44-05:00

Any proof of that?

Kommentar von Williamgood

on 2017-10-23T15:14:51-05:00

Wouldve loved to do this but Blizzard only cares about the fans that have a lot of views.\r\rYeah, all those fancy gift\/loot boxes that get sent too xD

Kommentar von jimbobaus

on 2017-10-23T20:17:24-05:00

Wouldve loved to do this but Blizzard only cares about the fans that have a lot of views.\r\r100% this. From Twitter etc you could see that only people with popularity on twitch etc were invited. Smaller streamers who made the effort to go to TwitchCon were ignored. Such a shame you would think a company like blizzard would want to encourage new streamers to play their games.